Medical Ethics in Imperial China

A Study in Historical Anthropology
1. Auflage 1992
ISBN: 978-0-520-03543-0
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 154 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 227 mm, Gewicht: 360 g

This book, the first comprehensive history of explicity medical ethics in pre-modern China, spans the period from 500 B.C. through the nineteenth century and provides literal translations of all accessible codes of ethics in the known Chinese medical literature. The inclusion in addition of writings possessing ethical implications makes possible cultural comparisons with the corresponding literatures in the West.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Unschuld, Paul U.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Medizinische Ethik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Ethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. A Conflict over the Distribution of Medical Resources
3. Concluding Remarks
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Paul U. Unschuld is Professor and Director of the Horst-Goertz Institute for the Theory, History, and Ethics of Chinese Life Sciences at Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin and is the author of Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen: Nature, Knowledge, Imagery in an Ancient Chinese Medical Text (UC Press, 2003).